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# Turtle Run Winery

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- [April 2026 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/april-2026-newsletter/) - Click here to read our April 2026 Newsletter!
- [January 2026 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/january-2026-newsletter/) - Click here to read our January 2026 Newsletter!
- [October 2025 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/october-2025-newsletter/) - Click here to read our October 2025 Newsletter!
- [July 2025 Podcast with Dr. Stephen Barrett!!  We discuss a lot.  A whole lot.  Health, especially.  Wine...definitely!!  Check out the link!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/july-2025-podcast-with-dr-stephen-barrett-we-discuss-a-lot-a-whole-lot-health-especially-wine-definitely-check-out-the-link/) - Earlier this spring, I was interviewed by Dr. Stephen Barrett for a podcast on health and wine. We got along great! Lots of similar thoughts on health. Steve is also involved in a winery and we swapped wines! Cevant Cellars in Napa! Good wine, indeed! Take a look in the link at how many subject
- [January 2025 Newsletter.  Blast from the Past and science of wine and wine tasting](https://turtlerunwinery.com/january-2025-newsletter-blast-from-the-past-and-science-of-wine-and-wine-tasting/)
- [April 2025 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/april-2025-newsletter/) - Click here to read our April 2025 Newsletter!
- [August 2025 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/august-2025-newsletter/) - Click here to read our August 2025 Newsletter!
- [July 2024 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/july-2024-newsletter/) - New Wines, Upcoming Harvest in August, and many more thoughts! New Wines, Upcoming Harvest in August, and many more thoughts!
- [April 2024 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/april-2024-newsletter/) - Click here to read our April 2024 Newsletter now!
- [Contains Sulfites](https://turtlerunwinery.com/contains-sulfites/) - Contains Sulfites (February 2024) Who hasn’t surmised that the red wine headache comes from sulfites because the bottle of the wines say, “Contains Sulfites,” so that has to be it, right? This little discussion will be about why bottles of wines say, “Contains Sulfites” and why, if you believe that is the cause of the
- [Some Thoughts on Tannins and Headaches](https://turtlerunwinery.com/some-thoughts-on-tannins-and-headaches/) - Headaches and wine. I never get them. Then again, I rarely drink too much. But there are some of us who at the whiff of a glass of red wine, have severe headaches. Read on…. Tannins: Why do plants produce them and what do they do for us? Tannins are used by a plant to
- [Shape of Wine Glasses Affect Flavor to the Individual Person](https://turtlerunwinery.com/shape-of-wine-glasses-affect-flavor-to-the-individual-person/) - Our wine and restaurant industry both believe there are red wine glasses and white wine glasses. See the paragraph above to know that I’m about to blow that theory apart. That there are Cabernet Sauvignon glasses, Merlot glasses, Chardonnay glasses and Riesling glasses is pure…well…bonk! But wait. I like my cab glass, you say. Great,
- [Some Recent Thoughts on Sugars](https://turtlerunwinery.com/some-recent-thoughts-on-sugars/) - I just posted this on our Facebook page as someone sent me a question on our sweeter wines. She is on a low carb diet but loves Blue My Mind. Hi Arynn, thanks for the message. Here are some thoughts on Blue My Mind: A bottle of Blue My Mind typically has about 6-7 g
- [Taste Bud Count leads the way to what you enjoy eating & drinking and can guide your personality type](https://turtlerunwinery.com/taste-bud-count-leads-the-way-to-what-you-enjoy-eating-drinking-and-can-guide-your-personality-type/) - If you some time on your hand, I am involved in a study on how taste bud count can not only affect your personal likes and dislikes in foods and beverages, but can have an effect on what type of career best fits you. And taste bud count may be tied to birth order. If
- [Could Sugar, specifically Glucose, be worse for you than smoking? Sugars, the new Joe’s Jammin Red and White Chambourcin](https://turtlerunwinery.com/could-sugar-specifically-glucose-be-worse-for-you-than-smoking-sugars-the-new-joes-jammin-red-and-white-chambourcin/) - Joe’s Jammin’ Red! White Chambourcin 2013 & Glucose VS Smoking! Typing this while absolutely enjoying a glass of our newly bottled Joe’s Jammin’ Red in my right hand and a glass of newly bottled White Chambourcin in the other. Wait, I’m typing, so neither is in my hand, but both are right here on my
- [European Winemaking Techniques and How They May Benefit You](https://turtlerunwinery.com/european-winemaking-techniques-and-how-they-may-benefit-you/) - From the April 2015 Newsletter. Looking at how a seemingly small amount of wine consumed can cause a headache, not a hangover, and how sweeter wines using arrested fermentation instead of back adding sugar results in wine with little to no glucose and a lot fewer calories: But back to the Max’s Small Batch Red
- [Health Benefits of Wine](https://turtlerunwinery.com/health-benefits-of-wine/) - Every single article I’ve read about wine and health say not to over-consume. You will have to be the judge as to what your personal limit is, but the ceiling seems to be around two glasses per person per day. But if you are thinking of adding wine to your diet for health reasons, yes,
- [An Essay on Prohibition](https://turtlerunwinery.com/an-essay-on-prohibition/) - Prohibition—The Inconvenient Truth! This year, we have delved into some of the more intricate aspects of wine. From sugar to the subconscious, we are trying to empty our brains and give you, our customers, incredible insight into wine. So now, we’re going to bring you the inconvenient truth about prohibition. First, let me preface this:
- [Fun Wine Facts Including Calories!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/fun-wine-facts-including-calories/) - Because Inquiring Minds Want to Know Humans originally consumed wine for the express purpose of purifying water? Yep! Blend 10% to 25% wine with water and let it sit for 30 minutes and you can drink that creek water!!!Before 1900 immigrants drank beer and wine on the way over to the United States. They drank
- [August 2023 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/august-2023-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-15648329
- [June 2023 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/june-2023-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-15648329
- [April 2023 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/april-2023-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-15648329
- [February 2023 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/february-2023-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-15648329
- [June 2022 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/june-2022-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-15648329
- [April 2022 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/april-2022-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-15648329
- [August 2021 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/august-2021-newsletter/) - Turtle Run Winery — Upcoming Harvest Dates: Aug 27th, Sept 3rd, Sept 10th, New Wines, New Website, Concert info — watch us for weather updates Click here: https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-15690721
- [April 2021 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/april-2021-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [February 2021 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/february-2021-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [End of Dec 2020 Newsletter — lots of crazy things about wine](https://turtlerunwinery.com/end-of-dec-2020-newsletter-lots-of-crazy-things-about-wine/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [November 2020 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/november-2020-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [April 2020 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/april-2020-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [February 2020 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/february-2020-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [November 2019 Newsletter: About the newest wines](https://turtlerunwinery.com/november-2019-newsletter-about-the-newest-wines/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [October 2019 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/october-2019-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [August 2019 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/august-2019-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [July 2019 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/july-2019-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [May 2019 Newsletter. A Little Shorter — some Zin and White Chambourcin discussion](https://turtlerunwinery.com/may-2019-newsletter-a-little-shorter-some-zin-and-white-chambourcin-discussion/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [April 2019 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/april-2019-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [January 2019 Newsletter: Blast from the Past, new wines — Catherine’s Blend and Joe’s Jammin’ Red](https://turtlerunwinery.com/january-2019-newsletter-blast-from-the-past-new-wines-catherines-blend-and-joes-jammin-red/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [December 2018 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/december-2018-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [November 2018 Newsletter: Bonfire and Concert, Wine Appreciation Class and New Wines](https://turtlerunwinery.com/november-2018-newsletter-bonfire-and-concert-wine-appreciation-class-and-new-wines/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/4hyu12vwjt-1446449
- [August 2018 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/august-2018-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-1391713
- [July 2018 Newsletter: Max’s Small Batch Red #52, Uncork the Uplands, Tour De Pork Bike Ride, 2018 weather and grapes, Wine Appreciation Class at Mount St. Francis](https://turtlerunwinery.com/july-2018-newsletter-maxs-small-batch-red-52-uncork-the-uplands-tour-de-pork-bike-ride-2018-weather-and-grapes-wine-appreciation-class-at-mount-st-francis/) - Here is our July 2018 newsletter, chalked full of great information on Turtle Run events, wines and the vineyard!! https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-1417593
- [April 2018 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/april-2018-newsletter/) - http://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-1365681
- [January 2018 Newsletter: Upcoming Events, Research on Added Tannins, More on Sugar](https://turtlerunwinery.com/january-2018-newsletter-upcoming-events-research-on-added-tannins-more-on-sugar/) - http://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-1365681
- [January 2017 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/january-2017-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/y6pyaps1nq-1365681
- [December 2017 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/december-2017-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/added-a-concert-this-sunday-august-6thandnew-joes-jammin-red-1357717
- [November 2017 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/november-2017-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/big-enough-umbrella-concert-is-on-for-sunday-the-29thwith-a-bonfire-because-its-going-to-be-cold-1344637
- [October 2017 Newsletter](https://turtlerunwinery.com/october-2017-newsletter/) - https://mailchi.mp/turtlerunwinery/added-a-concert-this-sunday-august-6thandnew-joes-jammin-red-1335957
- [March 2016 Newsletter: Wine Appreciation Classes, Summer Concert Series, New Wines, Health Benefits of Wine](https://turtlerunwinery.com/march-2016-newsletter-wine-appreciation-classes-summer-concert-series-new-wines-health-benefits-of-wine/) - Here is our March 2016 Newsletter. I discuss how our new wines are coming along, our summer concert series, The Wine Appreciation Classes and some health benefits of wine. http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a4912cb874951c7743621dfe7&id=c177913503&e=811382987a
- [Uncork the Uplands! Saturday, August 2nd, Bloomington, Indiana](https://turtlerunwinery.com/uncork-the-uplands-saturday-august-2nd-bloomington-indiana/) - The nine wineries on the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail are peppered throughout south-central Indiana, but for one night, they’re all in one place. Uncork the Uplands is the signature event of the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail. Consistent with our mission, its goal is to provide a premier educational and wine tasting experience. With the establishment
- [Summer & Fall 2014 Concert Schedule](https://turtlerunwinery.com/summer-fall-2014-concert-schedule/) - You asked and we listened. More upbeat rock-n-roll! And more of the best bands in the region! So say hello to The Old School Band, who kicks things off for us on Sunday, May 18th from 1:30 to 5:30. Another addition is recording artist Fremont John from Tampa, Florida. He’s on is way to Michigan and will play here
- [Sip-N-Learn! An Indiana Uplands Wine Trail Event: May 10th and 11th](https://turtlerunwinery.com/sip-n-learn-an-indiana-uplands-wine-trail-event-may-10th-and-11th/) - With over 175 years of grape growing and winemaking experience, the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail will be sharing our knowledge the weekend of May 10th and 11th in an extraordinary fashion. Join us for the 2014 Sip-N-Learn Experience! For more information, click here: http://www.indianauplands.com/event/sip-and-learn/#more-%27 For a quick listing of who is explaining what:Best Vineyards Winery: “Pruning the Vineyard”Brown
- [Wine Appreciation Class — May 10th from 6:30 to 9:30 PM](https://turtlerunwinery.com/wine-appreciation-class-may-10th-from-630-to-930-pm/) - We have an open date, so if anyone is interested in attending one of my super educational and highly crazy Wine Appreciation Classes, send me a note! The class is $40 per person, dinner included and we’ll analyze 20 plus wines! Here’s the fun and educational part about the class: We’ll dispel 100’s of myths
- [Theories About The Red Wine Hangover](https://turtlerunwinery.com/theories-about-the-red-wine-hangover/) - This has been a question that has bugged me for several years now. And I know people are not drinking wines because of it. I don’t know how many times I have heard this, but here it goes. “I can drink European and some American wines like Turtle Run Wines and I don’t get a
- [Paradigm Shift on Wine Glasses — Red Wine Glass? Perhaps Not](https://turtlerunwinery.com/paradigm-shift-on-wine-glasses-red-wine-glass-perhaps-not/) - Paradigm Shift — Pair the Wine You Prefer in the Shape of Glass You Prefer. And What Shape is Yours? In November 1992, Laura and I were back from our honeymoon, and we just sat down for a nice evening at our Douglas Hills apartment in Middletown, Kentucky. We received lots of different wine glasses
- [The Most Audacious Wine Yet by Turtle Run Winery–Triple Vintage Traminette!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/the-most-audacious-wine-yet-by-turtle-run-winery-triple-vintage-traminette/) - To the folks that know me, and for those that don’t, the baseline groundwork of Turtle Run Winery starts in 1988 at Miami University. Professor John Dome had this most intriguing class called “Geography of Wine.” Yeah, we tasted wine here and there, but the basis for the class was in classical grapegrowing, winemaking, wine
- [Turtle Run Triple Vintage Traminette — Wine Writer Howard Hewitt Explores…..](https://turtlerunwinery.com/turtle-run-triple-vintage-traminette-wine-writer-howard-hewitt-explores/) - At Turtle Run, we will always explore ways to make the best wines possible. Through viticulture, fermentation, aging, and blending. We look at boundaries. Are they real or imagined? And if imagined, how can we get around them? Triple Vintage Traminette — the 2nd craziest wine yet from Turtle Run!
- [Fun information about Port wines](https://turtlerunwinery.com/fun-information-about-port-wines/) - Typing this while overly enjoying three new Port Wines: Two of which may never appear on the wine list…but YOU know of them, so ask to try! Port wines…the legendary wines from that slice of land on the Iberian Peninsula. The origin of port is tied to bad drinking water and the 100 Years War
- [The 2016 HarvestThe 2016 harvest and new wines!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/the-2016-harvestthe-2016-harvest-and-new-wines/) - Our 2016 harvest must be talked about as the most unique growing year ever. The monsoon mid June through July rains caused us to stop with any weed control and double down on foliar fertilizing. Know anyone who grew tomatoes only to see those tomatoes not ripen? As it turns out, when plant are “fat,
- [More Research on Sugar](https://turtlerunwinery.com/more-research-on-sugar/) - For those that may be new to Turtle Run Winery wines, we follow the guidelines of Germany, France and Italy in making sweet wine: no sugar or juice added. We simply do not back-sweeten wines. Many American wineries, in order to make sweet wine, take dry wine and back-add sugar and juice. This is a
- [New wines for the spring of 2023](https://turtlerunwinery.com/new-wines-for-the-spring-of-2023/) - What's in Jim's Glass Tonight? Greetings everyone! If you are new to our email's welcome. We don't send out many per year, and well we should, but we don't. Since our last email, which was about Chocolate Lover's Weekend, we have bottled 11 dry wines and 6 sweet wines! And one of those wines is
- [Taste Bud Count and Subconscious Responses to Flavor Recognition](https://turtlerunwinery.com/taste-bud-count-and-subconscious-responses-to-flavor-recognition/) - Did you know that your preference towards sweet wine or dry wine could be due to the number of taste buds on your tongue? People who prefer sweeter wines generally have more taste buds than those who prefer dry wines. It’s true! At Turtle Run, we teach the concepts behind this radical science. People who
- [The Real Advantage of Barrels over oak additives. Plus Yeast Studies](https://turtlerunwinery.com/the-real-advantage-of-barrels-over-oak-additives-plus-yeast-studies/) - This week, I was explaining a technique I did for making “Blue My Mind 2014” to a visiting winery. We have two tanks in fermentation as I type this, and I used the same yeast in both tanks, yet there is a difference in flavor. However, there is nothing quite like experimenting with our best
- [Healthy Diet!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/healthy-diet/) - People often ask me what I do to keep so thin. Part of it is my daily swim. Part of it is the physical activity that goes with working in a vineyard, winery, and farm. But a big part of it is my diet. In the early 1990s with little responsibility aside from a full-time
- [Some Weird Fun Filled Facts and Theories about Flavor](https://turtlerunwinery.com/some-weird-fun-filled-facts-and-theories-about-flavor/) - Can Flavor be Affected by All 5 Senses? What you interpret as flavor includes all 5 senses, plus current mood, plus past experiences. Huh? Hardest first: Sound: From: http://www.pri.org/stories/2012-02-15/synesthesia-can-you-taste-difference-between-sounds, Daphne Maurer a developmental psychologist at McMaster University in Canada tells us this about Synesthesia, which causes a person’s senses to overlap in unusual ways. Ms. Maurer
- [Wine Appreciation Tips](https://turtlerunwinery.com/wine-appreciation-tips/) - WHAT’S YOUR VINO TYPEWINE TASTE AND HOW IT WORKS Is taste subjective? You like red, your husband likes white. You like sweet, he likes dry. Why? From my good friend Tim Hanni, at www.timhanni.com you can gain a new understanding of the way you discover, share, and think about wine. Humans range in taste-bud count from as few
- [Wine Club](https://turtlerunwinery.com/wine-club/) - Cellar Dwellers Hi! Glad you made it. Everyone down here was wondering how long it would take for you to find this page. Corks are popping here as we are preparing for the launch of our brand-new Wine Club. Brand-new in that it is not only innovative but interactive so everyone can join in the fun.
- [Newly Released Wines](https://turtlerunwinery.com/newly-released-wines/) - Updates from August 2023: Your crazy winemaker is at it again. The date 12/6/2019 lives in perpetuity here. That was when we yet again bucked tradition and we rolled two oak barrels out the back door to age outside on the crush pad until 4/23/2020. Two barrels inside, two outside. Tradition? Age the wine in
- [No Added Tannins, No Liquid Oak, No Fining Agents](https://turtlerunwinery.com/no-added-tannins-no-liquid-oak-no-fining-agents/) - Aside from sugar, want another way to avoid that nasty hangover? Don’t add tannins, keep fining agents at bay which can strip away micronutrients, and certainly avoid liquid oak. And please do not worry about sulfites. That doesn’t cause headaches. Well, sulfites can, but you have to be a really bad winemaker for sulfites to
- [No Added Sugar — The European Way and Turtle Run Way — Why We Go Through This Painstaking Process!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/no-added-sugar-the-european-way-and-turtle-run-way-why-we-go-through-this-painstaking-process/) - Excerpt taken from our September / October 2014 Email Newsletter The New Wines of 2014 — A Little Luck, + a Lot of Work = Great Wines Forthcoming For the first time in seemingly forever, we harvested our West Side Vignoles. Starlings normally graze the heck out of this section, but none were around this
- [Farm Winery of the Year 2014 from the Indy International Wine Competition](https://turtlerunwinery.com/farm-winery-of-the-year-2014-from-the-indy-international-wine-competition/) - INDY INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION’S 2014 INDIANA FARM WINERY OF THE YEAR — TURTLE RUN WINERY! Typing this while with a glass of Painted Red, all the while savoring a big award, — INDIANA WINERY OF THE YEAR — by the INDY INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION! Whoa!!!!! Just created this year — an award for wineries in
- [Best in Class — Turtle Run & Indy Intl Wine Competition](https://turtlerunwinery.com/best-in-class-turtle-run-indy-intl-wine-competition/) - Typing this while enjoying a glass of Le Subereux aux Pinot De Corton….While celebrating our best ever showing at the Indy International Wine Competition! This wine was one of our “X” factor wines we entered – barrel fermented Vignoles. I just don’t know of any wineries who have ever barrel fermented or barrel aged Vignoles.
- [No Sugar Added](https://turtlerunwinery.com/test/) - Sugar is killing us in so many ways, isn’t it? However, to have a winery without sweet wines is not feasible. Two questions emerge. Why do certain people prefer sweet wines and how can a winemaker provide sweet wines that do not compromise the health of the consumer? For some quick science, many people prefer
- [Its All About the Wine](https://turtlerunwinery.com/its-all-about-the-wine/) - Turtle Run Winery prides itself on producing top-quality, health-conscious wines with a flair for being consistently exceptional but not necessarily exceptionally consistent. Allow Jim to explain – Two phrases should pop into that sentence, “Health Conscious” and “Not Necessarily Exceptionally Consistent.” First on health. Sugar is killing us in so many ways, yet many people

## Pages

- [Home Page](https://turtlerunwinery.com/) - Turtle RunWinery - At our core, we are devoted to crafting unique wines that kindle desire and passion in life. Our holistic approach assures guests and supporters that our products contain no additional sugars, offering
- [Wine Page](https://turtlerunwinery.com/purchase-wine/) - OurWines Use "turtle20" to receive 1/2 off shipping!
- [Turtle Run Events](https://turtlerunwinery.com/trw-events/) - OurEvents Party With Turtle Run! Here is a list of our upcoming events. Live Music every Sunday at Turtle Run Winery! Events are held every Sunday and run all summer long up until the end of October. See you soon! Call us for more details at: (812) 952-2650 Visitor Information & Rules EVENT VISITOR INFORMATION: NO
- [About](https://turtlerunwinery.com/about/) - About US Who We Are What We Grow Our Philosophy Photo Gallery Media Recognition Meet Jim & Laura Embark on a wine journey at Turtle Run Winery, where Jim and Laura, each with a unique palate, share a passion for different styles. Jim favors dry whites and robust reds, while Laura leans towards smooth, fruit-forward
- [In the Cellar](https://turtlerunwinery.com/in-the-cellar/) - IN THE CELLAR All Cellar Dwellers Current News Jim's Health Musings Newsletters Random Thoughts Uncategorized Wine Facts Winery News April 2026 Newsletter • Newsletters Click here to read our April 2026 Newsletter! January 2026 Newsletter • Newsletters Click here to read our January 2026 Newsletter! October 2025 Newsletter • Newsletters Click here to read our
- [Get In Touch](https://turtlerunwinery.com/get-in-touch/) - Get inTouch (812) 952-2650 turtlerunwinery@gmail.com 940 St. Peter’s Church Road, NE Corydon, IN 47112 Open 12:00pm to 6:00pm - 7 Days a Week Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Subject(Required) Message(Required) CAPTCHA Submit Δ
- [Wine Tastings](https://turtlerunwinery.com/wine-tastings/) - Wine Tastings Turtle Run Winery’s extensive wine selection is always available for tasting. New wines are being released regularly for you to sample and taste. Wine tasting can be done any time during regular business hours. Open Daily 12:00 Noon – 6:00 pm. And yes, we are even open on Mondays! Wine clubs and large

## Events

- [Sunday Concert Series:  Empty V (think M-TV) cancelled today due to rain.  Replaced with Oldie Wine Tastings!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-empty-v-think-m-tv/) - Mother Nature has been cruel to our Sunday concerts this year. We were so looking forward to this band and their music. Rain is bad for equipment and keeps the crowds really down. We'll open some oldie but goodie wines to compliment the current wine list today. The 80’s rule again with “Empty V:
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Rosie and the Rockabillies](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-rosie-and-the-rockabillies/) - A fun Retro-vibe invades Turtle Run Winery with the high energy Rosie and the Rockabillies. Expect music from 6 decades! Lots of great dancing, so be ready! Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit various programs from Special Olympics
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Bottle Trees](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-bottle-trees/) - Louisville, KY’s The Bottle Trees bring Rock Hits Through the Ages with a little “I Want My MTV” and a whole lotta Country soul. From The Stones to modern hits, this high-energy band keeps crowds singing, dancing, and coming back for more! Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to
- [Holiday Concert Series with Bluefield Soul](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/holiday-concert-series-with-bluefield-soul/) - A very entertaining band with a wide variety of classic pop and rock. Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit various programs from Special Olympics to Providence High School Swim and Dive. No other alcohol permitted. All concerts
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Radiotronic](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-radiotronic-3/) - If you've ever had a "Heart of Glass", "Take [your] Breath Away" in the "Purple Rain", if you were ever "Hungry Like The Wolf" and wanted to "Get Down Tonight", then "Hit Me With Your Best Shot". If you are fluent in "Jive Talking" or ever got stuck in a "Bizarre Love Triangle", "Get Into
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Monarchs:  Cancelled due to storms, but.....we cook up other plans!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-frequency/) - Ugh. All forecasts mention storms (which to me means heavy downpours and possible lightning) so we are cancelling today's concert. We will open some older vintages to try and we have plenty of cover too. We welcome The Monarchs and their classic sounds which date back to the 1950's. The Monarchs are one of
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Decades from Louisville!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-lbe-louisville-brass-electric-2/) - As our band's name implies, the collective members of this Classic Rock, Blues, Motown, Pop, Country, and Funk band have decades of professional experience recording, touring, and delighting audiences with live performances. Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit
- [Turtle Run Winery Turkey Trot 5K](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/turtle-run-winery-turkey-trot-5k/) - Join us on Saturday, November 7, 2026 at 9:00am for an exciting "Thanksgiving themed" event that features the amazing scenery and landscape of Turtle Run Winery! So, whether you are looking to run, walk or just enjoy the wine this race is a sure thing for a great time and an incredible experience! This race
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Julie Baker Project canceled due to Rain.  Barrel Tastings instead!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-julie-baker-project-3/) - Rain has vexed us for today, so we'll add barrel tastings for those that want to try future wines, along with our current wine list. The tent is also up with plenty of seating and we can set up seating inside the winery too! If you come for barrel samplings, we have a very inspiring
- [Holiday Concert Series:  The Rhythm Cats](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/holiday-concert-series-the-rhythm-cats/) - Get ready to get WOWED!!! Not wild! Today we feature The Rhythm Cats playing classic blues with plenty of rhythm. Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit various programs from Special Olympics to Providence High School Swim and Dive.
- [Cheese Lover's Weekend (Especially Saturday) and FM-502 Concert Sunday](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/cheese-lovers-weekend-especially-saturday-and-fm-502-concert-sunday/) - In conjunction with the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail, we present Cheese Lover's Weekend. On Saturday the 16th, we'll let you pair the cheeses, Laura's selected cheeses, with our wines and we will specially open all three of our Port wines, which I think will pair the best with cheese. We rarely open ports from May
- [Saturday Concert with a Bonfire and a woodfired grill:  Rockslide will Rock it](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/saturday-concert-with-a-bonfire-and-a-woodfired-grill-rockslide-will-rock-it/) - The annual Grand Finale of our Sunday Concert Series comes to a weather seasoning end -- on a Saturday. And with a bonfire! And with a wood fired grill! And during the concert, the Providence Dance Team will be raising money by selling burgers, brats, hot dogs and hamburgers. Rock Slide plays great classic rock
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Brass Pack Band](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-brass-pack-band/) - Get ready to get WOWED!!! Not wild! But wow, what music this band covers and the ranges they hit are beyond fantastic. Yes, lots of brass. Lots of great hits you'll recognize, some you'll recognize that didn't have brass when you heard it on the radio and now it does. Absolutely fantastic! Our concerts are
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Dave Meland Band](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-dave-meland-band-2/) - Looking for some great classic rock, pop and dance music with a great vibe? Look no further than The Dudes. Great harmonies and instrumentation. If you like the classics of years ago, welcome! Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Rigbys](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-rigbys-2/) - We welcome back the greatest Beatles cover band who also plays a good number of the solo works of John, Paul, Ringo and George. Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit various programs from Special Olympics to Providence High
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Frequency](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-frequency-2/) - FreQuency with it's well known musicians and vocal talent has become one of Louisville areas band to watch perform! Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Doobie Brothers The Pretenders, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Linda R, Smokey Robinson and much more!! Mary and Trent can really hit the vocals with great harmonies and just the overall feel
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Radiotronic](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-radiotronic-2/) - If you've ever had a "Heart of Glass", "Take [your] Breath Away" in the "Purple Rain", if you were ever "Hungry Like The Wolf" and wanted to "Get Down Tonight", then "Hit Me With Your Best Shot". If you are fluent in "Jive Talking" or ever got stuck in a "Bizarre Love Triangle", "Get Into
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Monarchs](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-monarchs-3/) - Our second longest playing band at Turtle Run Winery is back! Join us for the good time rock-n-roll classics of The Monarchs! This band is THE Louisville Tradition. This is one of the bands that's a must hear if you want solid, solid professional music with crisp, clear, concise sound. Harmonies are spot on.
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Art & The Barfunkels](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-rigbys/) - New band for us alert! This band came highly recommended and here is what we can expect: Expect an entertaining mix of classic rock with some funk and country thrown in, along with a few surprising deep cuts you probably haven't heard in a long time. We promise a FUN show that will make you
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Hug It Out](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-hug-it-out-3/) - Great harmonies, great tunes and great instrumentation from Hug It Out. A bunch of upbeat rock and pop played to great excellence Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit various programs from Special Olympics to Providence High School Swim
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Linda Smith Band](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/holiday-concert-series-the-linda-smith-band/) - From great rock to wonderful hits to country, this band covers a wide variety of hits. With songs from yesteryear to today's hottest hits, the Linda Smith Band is a combination of 5 vocals that creates incredible variety with an ever changing sound. Linda on lead vocal, acoustic guitar, keyboard, takes center stage surrounded by
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Lindsey Lane Band](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-lindsey-lane-band/) - The “Lindsey Lane Band” – A Timeless Journey through Classic Rock, Southern Rock, Powerhouse Female-fronted music and Beyond! Bio: Embrace the magnetic allure of the “Lindsey Lane Band” – a four-piece classic rock and variety ensemble that transports audiences to an era of musical greatness and beyond. A Musical Time Capsule: Step into the time
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Rigbys -- how about some Beatles tunes!!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-rigbys-how-about-some-beatles-tunes/) - This Sunday we feature The Rigbys, a great Beatles cover band that additionally plays the band members original works outside of the Beatles. Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit various programs from Special Olympics to Providence High School
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Empty V](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-empty-v/) - Catchy name isn't it? Since MTV hit the cable waves in early 1980's with music videos, one would probably suggest that Empty V would play similar music. Well, you'd be correct. Look for great dance and hits from the 1980's and more. Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Frequency](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-frequency-3/) - FreQuency with it's well known musicians and vocal talent has become one of Louisville areas band to watch perform! Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Doobie Brothers The Pretenders, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Linda R, Smokey Robinson and much more!! Mary and Trent can really hit the vocals with great harmonies and just the overall feel
- [Holiday Concert Series:  The Dave Meland Band](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-dave-meland-band-3/) - Looking for some great classic rock, pop and dance music with a great vibe? Look no further than the Dave Meland Band. Great harmonies and instrumentation. If you like the classics of years ago, welcome! Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Hug It Out](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-hug-it-out-2/) - Great harmonies, great tunes and great instrumentation from Hug It Out. A bunch of upbeat rock and pop played to great excellence Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit various programs from Special Olympics to Providence High School Swim
- [Out Front Bonfire with the Fire Rings](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/out-front-bonfire-with-the-fire-rings-plus-tasting-older-vintage-wines-too-copy/) - This Sunday at Turtle Run Winery will be our final Out Front Fire Ring fires for the season. Heck with 4 straight weeks of 80 plus degree days, it's been too hot to have them! But one last time to light the fires.
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Rigbys](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-rigbys-3/) - We welcome back the greatest Beatles cover band who also plays a good number of the solo works of John, Paul, Ringo and George. Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit various programs from Special Olympics to Providence High
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Brass Pack](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-pojo/) - Today, we welcome Brass Pack to Turtle Run Winery. Brass pack plays a lot of the great hits from 70's, 80's and 90's and probably the 60's too, that contain lots of...you guessed it. Brass in the rock and pop songs. Sometimes, which is really cool, they will add brass to songs that originally didn't
- [Sunday Concert Series:  FM502](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-fm502/) - Another New to Turtle Run Winery Band! We welcome FM502 today and they were highly recommended. Okay, I know who all of the band members are! The ever great Mike McDowell is on drums from Rockslide. Eric Kerr from the Iconics, from The Rigby's...yeah, you're getting the picture. A great group of musicians playing some
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Soul Circus](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-soul-circus/) - Today, we welcome Soul Circus, a high energy, groovy, funky, fun loving band that plays great dance music, sometimes spot on, but most of the time, they make their own adjustments to classic hits, which is absolutely fantastic! Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Rockslide](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-rockslide-2/) - We kick off our season with the veteran rock group, Rockslide. This is good old classic rock. Rock, rock, rock. If you like rock and roll, this is your band. Sorry about the older picture, but hey, here it is March 31'st and I am loading up the concerts online. Our concerts are free
- [25th Winery Anniversary Weekend!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/25th-winery-anniversary-weekend/) - This year, we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Turtle Run Winery. This weekend, we'll taste older vintages of Max's Small Batch Red, Catherine's Blend and Joe's Jammin' Red. We'll also have commemorative bottlings of two special wines, Laura's Barrel Dry Red and Jim' Blend. Who has better taste in blending dry reds, Laura or
- [25th Winery Anniversary Weekend!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/25th-winery-anniversary-weekend-copy/) - This year, we are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Turtle Run Winery. This weekend, we'll taste older vintages of Max's Small Batch Red, Catherine's Blend and Joe's Jammin' Red. We'll also have commemorative bottlings of two special wines, Laura's Barrel Dry Red and Jim' Blend. Who has better taste in blending dry reds, Laura or
- [Out Front Bonfire with the Fire Rings Plus Tasting Older Vintage Wines too!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/out-front-bonfire-with-the-fire-rings/) - Perfect weather this Saturday and perhaps Sunday too for lighting the Fire Rings at Turtle Run Winery!! Running out of great cooler weather for the fires. So we'll fire the rings up tomorrow and Sunday too. Also, I'll add a few oldies to the wine list to sample and savor. I won't say what wines
- [Vintage Variation with Chardonnay, New Wine - Synthesis, and a fire ring lit!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/out-front-bonfire-with-the-fire-rings-2/) - Great tastings at Turtle Run Winery today, plus I'll light at least one fire ring! A little cooler to start off the day. Chardonnay anyone? Today, we'll taste 3 chardonnays, our 2024 which has been a hit on the list, and we'll compare it to an oldie as well as the pictured Chardonnay, bottled this
- ["Shattering" the myth of "Red Wine Glasses" and "White Wine Glasses" through science](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/shattering-the-myth-of-red-wine-glasses-and-white-wine-glasses-through-science/) - More enjoyable times at Turtle Run Winery this weekend. Sunday's weather looks great for lighting the fire rings, always a popular gathering spot. Saturday, storms, so no fire. But..... With limited time to put together our Wine Appreciation Classes, on Saturday at 5:00, I'll be discussing the science of our "flavoring" subconscious and the physics
- [Chocolate Lover's Weekend!  Extended!!  While Chocolate Turtles Last](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/chocolate-lovers-weekend-5/) - With Chocolate and Wine, everything's fine. Join us for our annual Chocolate Lover's Weekend, an Indiana Uplands Wine Trail event in which you can sample chocolates with wine! What could be better? Choose one of our famous chocolate turtles too! Dark? Milk? Or White? Doing it again the weekend after Valentines Day due to increasing
- [Chocolate Lover's Weekend!  Plus an "Out Front" fire!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/chocolate-lovers-weekend-copy/) - With Chocolate and Wine, everything's fine. Join us for our annual Chocolate Lover's Weekend, an Indiana Uplands Wine Trail event in which you can sample chocolates with wine! What could be better? Choose one of our famous chocolate turtles too! Dark? Milk? Or White? With improving weather, we will load up our two fire rings
- [Chocolate Lover's Weekend!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/chocolate-lovers-weekend-4/) - With Chocolate and Wine, everything's fine. Join us for our annual Chocolate Lover's Weekend, an Indiana Uplands Wine Trail event in which you can sample chocolates with wine! What could be better? Choose one of our famous chocolate turtles too! Dark? Milk? Or White?
- [Blast from the Past!  The Snow Recovery Date (s)](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/blast-from-the-past-4/) - Have you ever wondered if that old axiom is true, do wines get better with age? Well, find out this weekend at Turtle Run Winery as we are set to host our annual "Blast from the Past". With 25 years of winemaking, we have a section in the winery reserved for older wines, dry, sweet,
- [Blast from the Past!  Weekend 2!!  Due to snow last weekend!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/blast-from-the-past/) - Have you ever wondered if that old axiom is true, do wines get better with age? Well, find out this weekend at Turtle Run Winery as we are set to host our annual "Blast from the Past". With 25 years of winemaking, we have a section in the winery reserved for older wines, dry, sweet,
- [Blast from the Past!  The 2.0 Version](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/blast-from-the-past-3/) - Have you ever wondered if that old axiom is true, do wines get better with age? Well, find out this weekend at Turtle Run Winery as we are set to host our annual "Blast from the Past". With 25 years of winemaking, we have a section in the winery reserved for older wines, dry, sweet,
- [Chocolate Lover's Weekend!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/chocolate-lovers-weekend-2/) - With Chocolate and Wine, everything's fine. Join us for our annual Chocolate Lover's Weekend, an Indiana Uplands Wine Trail event in which you can sample chocolates with wine! What could be better? Choose one of our famous chocolate turtles too! Dark? Milk? Or White?
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Brass Pack Band AND Hug It Out!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-brass-pack-band-2/) - Brass Pack: Get ready to get WOWED!!! Not wild! But wow, what music this band covers and the ranges they hit are beyond fantastic. Yes, lots of brass. Lots of great hits you'll recognize, some you'll recognize that didn't have brass when you heard it on the radio and now it does. Absolutely fantastic! Hug
- [Saturday make up Concert:  The Ron Jones Jazz Quartet](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-monarchs/) - Simply put, this is the best jazz you may ever hear in your lifetime, live and at Turtle Run Winery. Each musician is super acclaimed. This is a make-up concert and the lean will be towards more contemporary jazz, so you will know the tunes. Give good ol' classic jazz and modern jazz a try
- [Holiday Concert Series:  Nervous Melvin & the Mistakes then Frequency](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/holiday-concert-series-nervous-melvin-and-the-mistakes-2/) - Today, we are hosting two of the best and long running bands in the area, Nervous Melvin and then Frequency. Who can't remember going to Butchertown Pub or Phoenix Hill and hearing Nervous Melvin? Nervous Melvin is the eclectic rock band that creates their own groove to hits, great songs, rock, alternative rock, you name
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Ron Jones Jazz Cancelled due to excessive heat index](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-ron-jones-jazz-quartet/) - We will come up with a fun wine experience to do in lieu of the concert, since the heat index is going to be way up there tomorrow (Sunday) Rick and Bill, who run sound, have an exceptionally easy day with the Ron Jones Jazz. Simply put, this group should be playing nationally at We will come up with a fun wine experience to do in lieu of the concert, since the heat index is going to be way up there tomorrow (Sunday) Rick and Bill, who run sound, have an exceptionally easy day with the Ron Jones Jazz. Simply put, this group should be playing nationally at - We will come up with a fun wine experience to do in lieu of the concert, since the heat index is going to be way up there tomorrow (Sunday) Rick and Bill, who run sound, have an exceptionally easy day with the Ron Jones Jazz. Simply put, this group should be playing nationally at
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Eric and the Iconics:  final concert for the band!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-louisville-brass-electric/) - You've seen Eric Kerr out here with The Rigby's and other bands. Remember Brutally Handsome? Eric and the Iconics drift us back into some good time "classic music." From Pop, Rock, Motown, R&B favorites and "seldom heard" gems of the '60s and '70s. From The Temptations to Al Green to ELO; From Etta James to
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Hug It :  Cancelled due to rain and the heat index](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-hug-it-out/) - Another new band for Turtle Run Winery. I know, what?!?! Huh? Who are they? Uh huh. Yeah, I know exactly who this group is. Some familiar names include Don Watson, Robert Marston, Kara Kelton and Kevin Kelton. I can guess what they will play, but think great rock and pop from the 70's and 80's.
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Decades Band](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-eric-the-iconics/) - Another new to Turtle Run Winery Band! Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit various programs from Special Olympics to Providence High School Swim and Dive. No other alcohol permitted. All concerts are outside. Wine tastings during concerts are
- [Exploring oak -- Saturday June 21'st wine list](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/exploring-oak-saturday-june-21st-wine-list/) - For Saturday June 21's Wonderful Wine List we will feature....oak!!! If anyone wants to try a wine doused with an old sample of liquid oak (which might provide a histamine reaction), caveat emptor, but then you would know the flavor!! Our lead wine will be the 2018 Seyval Blanc, with the 2020 Chambourcin, 2 versions,
- [Saturday Comparative Wine Tasting](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/saturday-comparative-wine-tasting/) - Continuing our Saturday "tradition," if you can call this popular comparative tasting a tradition since we have only been doing this for a few weeks now, but let's see if we can taste some contrasts between vintages and within vintages and in blending. We do have some limited quantities on some wines that will be
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Julie Baker Project](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-julie-baker-project-2/) - This is simply put, great music from a great band. The Julie Baker Project play songs from a wide variety of musical genres, including pop, rock, country, R&B, disco, soul and today's top hits. This is a dance band with high energy music, so be ready to tap your toes. Our concerts are free and
- [Saturday and Sunday Out Front Bonfire -- Spring Edition](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/saturday-and-sunday-out-front-bonfire-spring-edition/) - Hi Folks, Between forever snow and constant rains it's been hard as heck to have these weekend fires with the fire rings out in front of Turtle Run Winery. And closing in on mid-April, we are running out of time. But this weekend looks like a gem, so come on by for great wine, great
- [Tour De Pork Bike Ride and a Concert with Arianna and the Bourbon Britches](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/tour-de-pork-bike-ride-and-a-concert-with-the-cmn-band-and/) - Hello Cyclists and Music Lovers and both! This is the day we host "Tour De Pork Bike Ride" at Turtle Run Winery. Choose either the 25 or the 50 mile ride through our very scenic Harrison County, the county with perhaps the best roads in Indiana. No joking there. I literally don't think we have
- [24th Anniversary Celebration Weekend -- Older Vintage Savoring!!!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/24th-anniversary-celebration-weekend-older-vintage-savoring/) - We just eclipsed the 24th year in business! So many memories. Thank you customers and good friends! This weekend, we'll pull from the past and have a lighter "Blast from the Past" in which we'll sample 15 or so older wines, and those wines will be available for purchase too. Come on by and share
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Honky Tonk Rewind](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-honky-tonk-rewind/) - Time for some great country music, like really good. This is the premier traditional country music band featuring elite country music players. A must see if you like country.....or even if you don't, you'll probably like THIS country Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Honky Tonk Rewind](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-honky-tonk-rewind-2/) - Time for some great country music, like really good. This is the premier traditional country music band featuring elite country music players. A must see if you like country.....or even if you don't, you'll probably like THIS country Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Eric and the Iconics](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-eric-and-the-iconics/) - You've seen Eric Kerr out here with The Rigby's and other bands. Remember Brutally Handsome? Eric and the Iconics drift us back into some good time "classic music." From Pop, Rock, Motown, R&B favorites and "seldom heard" gems of the '60s and '70s. From The Temptations to Al Green to ELO; From Etta James to
- [Saturday Out Front Little Ol' Bonfire / Sunday -- the wine glass experience](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/out-front-little-ol-bonfire/) - This Saturday, we will have another one of our little ol' "Out Front Ring Fires." We'll open up an older vintage or two, because wine not, right? It's a relaxing day for enjoyable conversations around something that creates a lot of mental peace -- fire. I love the snapping and crackling and the smell. Just
- [Chocolate Lover's Weekend](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/chocolate-lovers-weekend-3/) - With Chocolate and Wine, everything's fine. Join us for our annual Chocolate Lover's Weekend, an Indiana Uplands Wine Trail event in which you can sample chocolates with wine! What could be better?
- [Chocolate Lover's Weekend](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/chocolate-lovers-weekend/) - With Chocolate and Wine, everything's fine. Join us for our annual Chocolate Lover's Weekend, an Indiana Uplands Wine Trail event in which you can sample chocolates with wine! What could be better?
- [Blast from the Past!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/blast-from-the-past-2/) - Have you ever wondered if that old axiom is true, do wines get better with age? Well, find out this weekend at Turtle Run Winery as we are set to host our annual "Blast from the Past". With 25 years of winemaking, we have a section in the winery reserved for older wines, dry, sweet,
- [Barrel Tastings](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/barrel-tastings/) - Come out today, December 29th, Sunday, as we "need" to sample our barrels. In actuality, we do need to sample our barrels to see how they are aging, to map out blends and to top them off. Barrels don't leak, per se, but rather wine evaporates through the staves which creates ullage, or a very
- [Grape Harvest:  St. Croix, Frontenac and Corot Noir](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/grape-harvest-st-croix-frontenac-and-corot-noir/) - Harvesting grapes is on my mind! This Saturday at 7:00 AM or when you can arrive, we'll be harvesting St. Croix, Frontenac and Corot Noir grapes. If you would like to help, or your organization wants to help, great. The weather forecast has been dicey earlier in the week, but it's looking good for Saturday!
- [Chocolate Loving Wine Down](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/chocolate-loving-wine-down-2/) - We are introducing two spectacular wines, Lauren's Blend and Max's Small Batch Red -- Wedding Wine. Lauren and Max were married last October and both of them blended a wine for the wedding. Max's is impossible to recreate and luckily we bottled an extra amount. Lauren's blend was one in which we theoretically could add
- [Chocolate Loving Wine Down](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/chocolate-loving-wine-down/) - We are introducing two spectacular wines, Lauren's Blend and Max's Small Batch Red -- Wedding Wine. Lauren and Max were married last October and both of them blended a wine for the wedding. Max's is impossible to recreate and luckily we bottled an extra amount. Lauren's blend was one in which we theoretically could add
- [Wine Glass Tasting Experience -- Today -- July 5, 2024!!!!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/wine-glass-tasting-experience-today-july-5-2024/) - Friday, July 5th at Turtle Run Winery. Thinking a lot of people are off work and perhaps looking for something fun to do. I don't do this often, certainly not often enough. I think I can manage this with our awesome staff today. For anyone who asks, we'll do one of my "Critically Acclaimed" sensory
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Shannon Vetter & The Sleepless Pilgrims -- cancelled due to pending rain](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-dave-meland-band/) - Gosh, I hated to cancel this one. UGH. I have been looking at the weather since 5:00 AM today, Sunday, and now it's 9:00. Listened to all of the forecasts. I sense this one persistent spot in Illinois is going to affect us around 3:30 to 4:00 PM today with a gully-washer of rain, which
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Eric & The Iconics](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-julie-baker-project/) - Weaving effortlessly great pop hits from the 1970's forward, with great harmonies and instrumentation, we welcome Eric & The Iconics, a very talented band that will have you savoring the sound and dancing too. Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare
- [Sunday Concert Series:  LB&E (Louisville Brass & Electric)](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-lbe-louisville-brass-electric/) - Reed, Art and the gang are back! LB&E are known for good time music, especially those songs with horns. Expect some Chicago, maybe even a set or so. Very talented band. Okay, there's an entire set of Chicago! And it's great! Lots of horns, lots of dancing, a great band to enjoy at Turtle Run!
- [Sunday Concert Series:  The Monarchs](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-the-monarchs-2/) - Our second longest playing band at Turtle Run Winery is back! Join us for the good time rock-n-roll classics of The Monarchs! This band is THE Louisville Tradition. This is one of the bands that's a must hear if you want solid, solid professional music with crisp, clear, concise sound. Harmonies are spot on. Great
- [August 2nd No Concert](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/august-2nd-no-concert/) - Hi Everyone, We are taking this weekend off for concerts. Please feel free to come out for wine! Cheers, Laura and Jim
- [Tour De Pork Bike Ride with the CMN band strumming hits!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/tour-de-pork-bike-ride-with-the-cmn-band-strumming-hits/) - The annual Tour De Pork Bike Ride is here. Funds raised for the Tour De Pork are used to support the Ohio River Greenway project, a wonderful walking, running and cycling path along the Ohio River from New Albany, through Clarksville, to Jeffersonville. When the Tour De Pork bike ride began being hosted at Turtle
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Radiotronic](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-radiotronic/) - Time for some slow, slow music...HA HA, NOT A CHANCE!!! This is Radiotronic and they play great high energy music from the 1970's to today. Bring dancing shoes or break dance barefooted! Our concerts are free and they are family friendly. You are welcome to bring food. We are normally selling grilled fare to benefit
- [Sunday Concert Series:  Rockslide](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/sunday-concert-series-rockslide/) - Rock Slide plays great classic rock and is a super talented band consisting of Ben Graves on Key, Keith Hutchison on Vocals and Guitar, Bill Hammond on Bass and the incredible Mike McDowell on drums. The rock is pure and the musicians are outstanding. If you like just good ol' classic rock and roll, here
- [Turtle Run Test Event!](https://turtlerunwinery.com/event/turtle-run-test-event/) - Turtle Run is having an event!

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- [Jim's Health Musings](https://turtlerunwinery.com/category/jims-health-musings/) - I try my best to live a healthy life and have been promoting healthy living for at least 30 years. No new fad for me. New studies are made and my thinking on various subjects change. As I type this in February 2025, I’ll give you several healthy aspects, or what I think are healthy aspects of my life. I think it is important to lead off that I take no medications. It’s been I think 20 years since I have had a prescription for anything. Also, I never get sick and I am around people all the time from customers to swimmers. I coach Providence High School’s swim team. I wear the same size pants that I wore in the 1980’s. I have no need to wear deodorant. I have had no dental issues since grade school. I think that should give you an idea. Nothing chronic going on with me. So what are my basics? First, I exercise every day, preferably swim with cycling my number 2. I do try to hit the weights weekly too. My meals are always natural. I just don’t eat processed foods. Never really have. We might be a little OCD, but our meats are locally sourced. All meals are designed around The Zone Diet, a balance of carbs, proteins and fats I drink plenty of tea. That’s my go-to beverage, green and black tea. I like the flavor and I like the anti-cancer properties. I consume coconut oil daily. It’s a really healthy fat. I eat plenty of fruit too. Rice is great, same with potatoes. I wish I liked sweet potatoes. Carrots are in the mix too. Cheese, of course. I do eat plenty of vegetables, but I don’t overdo vegetables. Spinach, kale, broccoli are higher on my list. Love honey. I drink at least one Fiji Water daily as it helps flush out metals from my body. I can explain in more detail. Two pillars of my health is I avoid like crazy foods that could contain glyphosate, a weed killer, so I don’t eat grains such as wheat, barley and oats. I avoid chickpeas too A big time avoidance is vegetable and seed oils. So if you think of a seed such as soybeans, grape seeds, canola seeds, sunflower seeds, safflower seeds and so forth, the oils made from them contain a large concentration of linoleic acid, which is highly inflammatory. Chronic inflammation suppresses the immune system and when the immune system is suppressed all sorts of negative health outcomes are on the table, so to speak. I hypothesize that if these oils never came into existence , we may not have heart disease, or you would hear of heart disease as something very rare. I’ll continue to post here when I have a few moments to spare. Feel free to ask me questions. Cheers, Jim